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10 Best Movies Like El Manara

If you loved El Manara, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
I Still Hide to Smoke

I Still Hide to Smoke

2017★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Manara for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Α tragi-comedy about 9 women of different ages and various backgrounds that gather in an Algerian hammam to talk about their lives....

#2
Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Manara for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts h...

#3
Beirut

Beirut

2018★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Manara for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In 1980s Beirut, Mason Skiles is a former U.S. diplomat who is called back into service to save a colleague from the group that is possibly responsible for his own family's death. ...

#4
Blood Ties

Blood Ties

2013★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Manara for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s....

#5
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Manara for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

#6
The Congress

The Congress

2013★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Manara for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider....

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